Tooth-mounting card



July- 6 1926. 7 15 219 R. c. ANGELL TOOTH MOUNTING cm] Filed April l2, 1922 FIG: 1-

i to provide a durable and inexpensive tooth I I I clips on the line 33 in Fig. 1, and Fig.1

l atented July 1926.

I 1 UNITED STATES noimnr o. sim an/or PRINCE IBAIYQNEW' YORK, Assienon wen-1E sQs. wannabe TAL MANUFACTURING GOMPANY, A CORPORATION'OF IPENNSYLVANIA.

TOOTH-MOUNTING CARD.

Application filed 'A pri1 12; 1922. Serial No. 551,928;

My invention relates particularly to stock I cards upon which artificial. .teeth are mounted and transported by the manufac-. turer, and from Which cards-:-the teeth are sold by the'dealer to the-dentist.

his well known. to those familiar with the manufacture and sale of artificial'teeth that it is necessarythat the dealer carry in stock various sizes, "forms. and'shades of' rangement as hereinafter more definitely 1 teeth, and that in orderthat, it may be convenient for the dentist to select the particular'size, form and shadeof-teeth desired, it,

is customary to mount ,a' number of teeth having the same ChEII'aClLGI'ISlLICS, orteeth of a set upon cards or panels of suitable form and material, from which they may be withdrawn by the dealer as selectedby the dentist, and replaced by manufacturer. I I The principal objects of'my invention are mounting-card or panel, with means by which teeth maybe not only firmly held, but"- with which they may be readily engaged or said tooth mounting-card.

Other objects of mylnvention are to. provide a tooth mounting-card or panelformed of sheet material stamped to form a depression affording stifiness to the structure, and

V toprovide relatively yielding antagonized.

I means tending to retain the teeth mounted thereon, spaced from the face of said mounting-card.

Further objectjs of my invention are to: providea tooth mountlng-card or panel,

havingtooth holding clips so formed as to firmly engage and support tOOtlLfflCll'lgS 4 havinga varying rangeofsi'ze and form. t

' My invention further includes a tooth.

mounting-card having removable and replaceable tags for indicating the.characten' described,comprehends a tooth mounting card, preferably formed of sheet material stamped to provide a longitudinally ex-' tended recess from which ftooth engaging clips are" punched and extendedforward of the plane thereof, to provlde projecting against which the lingual surface of: the Y tooth facing is held'by a tangextended into new stock from the withdrawn"therefrom Without scratching rubbing orothcrwise-niarring the surface of card, and having means arranged to so protangs}, disposed in relatively spaced planes cooperatively arranged to receive and retain tooth facings each-0f said tooth-engaging 1 clips affording a 'back engaging member,

a suitably provided recess in thelingualsurface of the 'tOOthl mounted thereon.

My invention alsoiincludes'allfof tlievariou's'novel features of {constructionand ar- I In the. accompanying drawings Figure .1 d

iswa front elevational view of atooth mount-ii -ing-cardconstructed 1n accordance with my I v '70.

invention and "showing, .for convenience of illustration, two tooth faclngs mounted thereon; 'iFigQ 2 is a. transverse sectional line 2-2 in Fig 1'; F ig. 3 isa transverse sectionalview taken between the tooth holding is a fragmentary. longitudinal sectional'view taken transversely through both of 4 the FigsifIand 2.

In said figuresfthe' tooth mounting-card comprises the stamping l'of 'sheet :mate

rial, preferably metal, having the longitudi- 1 n'al'ly extended recess, providing the de pres'sed wall 2 'formingthe beveled shoulder '3 and aifording the raised marginal surface 5 for descriptiveinscriptions relating tothe' 1 teeth which mayjbe mounted thereoni.

The toothmounti-ng-card is provided'with I .a plurality of tooth engaging clips, each compr sing the antagonized projections 6;

and 7,]punched fromthe depressed Wall 25 .and extended in a plane substantially par allelvvith the depressed all buttending in the direction of their free ends.

It may be here notedthat thelower por-' 1 tion 8 of the projection forming- Ithe tang d :to slightly incline'away from said wall 2 tangor tongue and its extended free end 9 curves inwardly toward the plane of the L I wall 2.

7 is extended outwardly and disposed bef Y yond the planeof the tang or tongue 6, be Y ing. arranged to enter the recess 10 in the tooth facing 11, as best shown in Fig. 2, and

. The projection forming the prong or tang .105 l be termed tlie innertangs, and the tang's l the outer tangs.

As shown in Fig. 1, theta-11g 6, \VlllCh: 1s.

punched from the depressed wall? is substantially U=shaped, having its lateral bars formed unitary with said depressed? wall. and; the tang 7 which is punched from between said lateral bars and is preferably extended from the raised surface as shown in Fig; 2- i The indication tags 12 may bear the shade and mold indicia as shown, and are so formed as to be' readily removed and replaced, being stamped from sheet material.

and folded to provide aiclip having: parallel wings 1 5. and 16, the'former'attordinga surface uponwhich may be lnsc'ribed the shade number l7-', as shown at the left; hand end ofthe mountingscard', or the mold number 18,, as shown at the right hand end of said mounting-card, the wing 16' beingv providedv with a hump or 1)1'O]B0t1'011 19' punchedtherein and arranged to register with and enter suitably provided" perfo-rations '20 in.

the mounting-card The indicationtags 12 are protect-ed iron:

accidental displacement by the: slight e:

tension 22 of the upper intervening margin 01.- the mounting-card, as best shown" in. I ig; I 1. i

It may be'here noted thatthev tooth holdingiclipsresiliently engagethe tooth. t'aeinge;

mounted'thereon with sutlioi'ent firmness to prevent. their accidental displacement but permit them to berea'dilywithdrawn there- 'from' and replaced thereon without scratch ing; or otherwise marring-the surfaceofthe mounting-card, as ity is obvious fromthe inspection of Fig. 2 ot the. drawing; that said tooth tacings areheld solely by the tangs- 6 and 7, and maintained free front the snrfaceof' said'mountlngcardg in the appended claims.

Furthermore, my invention is advantageous in that teeth having a great range of size and form may be engaged and supported by the'clips thus formed with equal facility.

'Ido not desire to limit my invention to the precise details of construction and arrangement as herein specified, as it is obvious that various modifications may be made therein Without departing from the essential features of my invention as defined Having thus described my in'venti'om I cla1 m': v i

'1. A tootlr mountin -card lravrn a 91a reality of tongues punched therefrom and free to yield' toward and from the face at said mounting-card and a pluralityof yielding prongs cooperative with tongues arranged to ren'iova'bly' en" ticial teeth.

age a *r 2.. A tooth niountin gi-cardrovided with a plurality of yielding tongues havingthe free ends: curved inwardly; and a plurality o1 yielding. prongs cooperative with sa d tongues to frlctlonally engage artificial teeth.

A tooth mounting car'd haying: plu rallty of prongs extending therefrom and a plurality of spring. tongues disposed on a. plane intermediate of said card and said prongs and cooperative therewith to" triotionally engage" artificial. teeth;

A: tooth mounting-card v I tongue projecting therefrom and extended in relatively angularplanes', substantially conform ng to the lingua l sur ta'ce of the tooth to-be mounted, and a pr'onga'lsoprojectingltronr said card and arranged to enter a recess'in saidt'ootlr and b'e'ar against a surface therein to ti-ictioiia'lly engage-the lingual surface of tongue; V

tooth lDOUDtlIIg C ZtPdE comprising a: base upon which teeth having unjder cM-re cesses may be? supported and h aving' prongs said toot-I1 with said extended from said base and ar rzmged to" enter SfllCl recesses and springiton'gues a r- I'-v lu" ."fi ranged to Iorce said teeth lrom' said base and to therebyrfrictionally engage said teeth with sa d prongs:

In witness-whereof, 11 have hereunto set my handthisfith: day of April, A: D:, 1922 eems o. ane-Erin having a 

